ABC's Midseason Schedule Announced: Where's Cougar Town?!

The Alphabet network has unveiled its midseason schedule and, shockingly, it doesn’t include any mention of the on-the-bench Cougar Town.

It does, however, include premiere dates for new dramedy GCB (which will replace Pan Am on Sundays at 10 pm beginning in March) and the creepy thriller The River (airing Tuesdays at 9 , beginning Feb. 7) — so there’s that.

It sounds like negotiations are ongoing for a season two. I don’t think we can be too optimistic, but I’m cautiously hopeful. The fact they have brought in a new showrunner and want the extra episode does suggest that they want to make it work, and sometimes if netowrks want to make something work it means they do (see Fringe). I’d like to see Pan Am back.

Cougar Town is hysterical. They made the poor choice of calling it Cougar Town, and gave people the impression that it was about a bunch of MILF-y cougars, led by Courtney Cox, when it has nothing to do with that. They should have called it Cul-De-Sac Knuckleheads, so people would have gotten a better idea what it’s about.

Cougar Town is a terrible, unfunny show. And Snapy, you can make all the hateful comments you want, but it doesn’t change the facts: Cougar Town is terrible and has terrible ratings. It’s going to be cancelled.

Hey Miffy, you chicken. Do you just troll around crapping on me for fun? Did I do something mean to you once? Doubt it, because I’m generally nice. I’m fine with anyone not liking my shows, but you go out of your way on every site to be nasty, often addressing me personally. Can I help? Would you like to be horrible to me personally rather than hiding behind Internet, being horrible to random fans? I’ll arrange it because I could care less if you hate my stuff. Oh, and if you are someone I was a jerk to, or maybe fired (though I rarely do this) rest assured that I feel bad about it now. Miffy, just hate my work on your own, and come after me, okay? You make me sad. Sorry your life sucks.

Cougar Town is really funny. It reminds me of Parks and Recreation. A group of people who work or pound grape together and zany antics ensue. I get it’s not for everyone but why do people feel the need to crap on shows just because they don’t ‘get’ it? I will never understand that.

Seriously, not having Cougar Town kicks ass. I am really disappointed by this. I feel strongly that it’s because Happy Endings and Suburgatory are doing so well. And I really don’t even like that damn Suburgatory show! Give me back my CT!! Before I get really angry!!! *invisible ninja swords*

Yeah. The word Belles just…it makes it feel like a totally different show. They could at least change it to Bad Christian Belles or something, to give it as similar – if sanitized – a vibe as they possibly could.

Arrrrgh! First NBC benches Community and now ABC has AGAIN delayed CougarTown. These are two of the few broadcast network tv shows that I watch. Who the heck are the Neilsen families that are supporting lame shows like Whitney and 2 1/2 Men — or the million stupid reality programs out there?!?

I also want to know — what does “replace Pan Am in March” mean?? Pan Am will finish it’s season in March (to return next year) or Pan Am is effectively cancelled and they’ll just burn the remaining episodes which will run out in March???

From deadline.com: “[N]ew drama Pan Am will wrap its freshman run with one extra episode, bringing its first-season order to 14 episodes. The period drama remains hectically in contention for next season”.

Pan Am has a 14 episode season. They have not been officially cancelled. Unless there is an announcement about it beforehand – we will have to wait until the week of the upfronts next May to find out if it will survive. Educated guess – this will be it’s only season. This is an expensive show, foreign market appeal doesn’t seem to be big and it won’t make it four years to get into syndication, so there is no financial reason for the studio to want to keep making it and creatively it’s no Mad Men, so the network won’t want it to increase the value of the network brand. But you never know.

What I don’t get is why Cougar Town is being benched so much?? Other than Modern Family, Cougar Town constantly was beating or matching The Middle in the 18-49 demo each and every week… soo, tell me why again they’ve shunned it? Oh yea, b/c ABC is run by a gaggle of idiots!

That’s it. I’m officially giving up on tv. First the idiots over at NBC bench Community, and now I won’t even have the Cul-De-Sac Crew to get me through this troubling time. I’m done.

Why is it that these Neilson families never watch quality tv? And why is it that these morons are dictating the tv lineup for the entire country?

I guess I’ll be spending the next couple of months watching Cougar Town, Community and Arrested Development on dvd. How pathetic is it that, with 5 network channels, I am going to have to resort to dvd’s to be entertained.

Whoever you people are that say Cougar Town is the worst comedy on right now are obviously mistaken. A.) It ISN’T on right now, which sucks. B.) I am sure you’d prefer comedies based on “classics” like Dumb and Dumber or just about any Adam Sandler movie. Moving on…I want my COUGAR TOWN!

Only a back 1 for Pan Am. Although they remain in contention for next season, I highly doubt it’s coming back, so I hope the writers don’t leave us with a cliffhanger. I like cliffhanger in returning shows, but hate cliffhangers when I show ends with one.

I can’t believe so many people are asking about Cougar Town. It was one of the stupidest shows ever. I’m wondering if people just like it because of Courtney Cox popularity.It was dry comedy. No comparison to Modern Family, Big Bang Theory or The Middle. I even like Suburgatory but Cougar Town-No thanks. I hope they cancel it.

Cougar Town is one of the funniest shows out there with characters that are well-written, fun and yet poignant. It may be that it’s too smart for you. Too off the wall. That’s your loss. We love Cougar Town and want our cul-de-sac crew back on TV pronto!

Now who’s the schmuck at NBC who benched Community but kept Whitney? Community has been uneven, but even a Community clunker episode is funnier and more creative than a good episode of Whitney.

Why are people so awful? There are plenty of tv shows out there I don’t like or even hate, but other people enjoy them so I am not calling for them to be cancelled. Just because you don’t like something doesn’t mean other people should not be allowed to enjoy it. Sheesh some people are just terrible.

COUGAR TOWN now taking a page out of COMMUNITY’s playbook. Don’t know how BODY OF PROOF is going to hold up but I think SCANDAL should consider to be a replacement for the 10 p.m. Tuesday night timeslot and I really don’t know the fate of PAN AM now that GCB taking over the 10 p.m. Sunday night timeslot but it looks like the Christina Ricci led retro drama remains a mystery after all.

I hope Body of Proof makes it. I’m not saying it’s GREAT television, but it’s fun, and I really like the cast. I’d rather have that than something by Shonda Rhimes. Her shows just don’t do anything for me.

This is just insulting to Cougar Town. I agree it’s not the best show, but considering they still air nonsense like Suburgatory and whatever show has “man” in the title, it’s ridiculous. I’m also surprised at the amount of reality TV ABC still continues to churn out. Do we really need Wife Swap, Shark Tank and Winter Wipeout? I mean, seriously? Over Cougar Town? It’s appalling. That said, I’m excited for The River and I’ll give GCB a shot.

Cougar Town is definitely NOT the worst comedy on TV right now. The Middle is just Malcolm in The Middle. Cougar Town is hilarious week to week and I want it back. Has anyone watched Whitney? I don’t usually hope for shows I don’t like to get canceled unless it benefits me. NBC really Britta’d the situation and Community should not be shelved. Now ABC has Britta’d the situation as well.

I’m sorry you’re telling me that Cougar Town (one of the best comedies on TV) doesn’t have a time slot—-but the cross-dressing comedy (which looks awful) DOES have a time slot?! This from the same network that cancelled All My Children for a show that rhymes with the View…I shouldn’t be surprised.

If you’re complaining about the cancellation of a cheap, poor quality, ridiculous soap opera, then your complaints don’t have much credibility. BTW, The Chew last week scored ratings equal to that awful soap opera they cancelled, and it only costs about half as much to produce. Smart move, ABC – get rid of all the dumb shows. They only cater to the Sarah Palin crowd.

There’s no reason for you to be so rude. Some of us are soap opera fans and have been since childhood. The Chew receiving the same ratings just goes to show how mindless some people are. Instead of quality television we have to suffer through wannabe celebrities. And BTW there’s not a lot of options in daytime television so if you don’t want to watch Judge Judy or whatever the latest judge show is for stupid people then you’re stuck with the talk shows.